The couple, who had two spare seats in their row of four, said the “frustrated” flight crew asked them to shift over so they could prop the corpse up alongside them.

A Melbourne couple has recounted their distress after they said they had to sit next to the body of a passenger who had died midflight, despite there being other empty seats available.

Qatar Airways released a statement defending its crew after an Australian couple said they were forced to sit next to a corpse for four hours on a recent flight.

A Melbourne family's distress during a recent travel experience has highlighted different airline approaches to disability seating on flights.

A married couple traveling on a Qatar Airways flight reportedly spent several uncomfortable hours near the body of a woman who died during the flight.

Qatar Airways apologised for ‘any inconvenience or distress’ after a woman died about 10 hours into a flight from Melbourne to Doha.

An Australian couple's story went viral this week after they said crew members placed a dead body in the seats next to them.

Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were on a Qatar Airways flight from Melbourne to Venice when the ... the remaining four hours of the flight to Doha. For Ms Colin, who is a nervous flyer, the ...

Novak Djokovic explained that his viral Doha airport video was completely misunderstood as the Serb didn't limp because of his Australian Open injury but because he accidentally hit himself in the ankle just before departing for the airport.

Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were flying from Melbourne, Australia to Doha, Qatar on Qatar Airways last week when a woman collapsed and died after exiting a restroom about 10 hours into the 14 ...

The decision clears the final major hurdle for Virgin and Qatar following the approval of Qatar’s 25 per cent stake in Virgin by the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and a draft determination by the ACCC that it would not oppose the potential arrangement.